Take a look at gnirehtet

[a5m0]

I was wondering if you'd taken a look at https://github.com/Genymobile/gnirehtet and if you had an opinion of which project had better implementation/features. Just some friendly cross-pollination, thanks!

[vvviperrr]

Hi. Using adb was my first thought, when i started working on SimpleRT. But there already were some implementations (in google play), and they sucks. Most of all, users got issues with adb itself. It should be properly configured, enabled in phone, etc. The main issue - adb reverse command works only in 21 api and higher, while simplert works on 14 api (the first api where vpn service shows up). Second, relay method supports only tcp/udp, when simplert works as virtual interface, u can use any type of traffic. And i suppose, simplert has a higher data transfer rate (in my tests - about 20-30 mbytes per sec), as ip packets transferred via pure usb bulk transfer and injects into system tcp/ip stack. And of course, as SimpleRT implemented on C, u can use it literally anywhere. For instance, i built it for tplink mr3020 router (with openwrt), and got kind of "usb wifi modem" for android :)

So, in my opinion, gnirehtet has only one advantage over simplert - windows support. Now I'm working on windows port, but it is really pain in the ass (im not windows guy). But its quite possible.

[Zero3K]

Is the Windows port ready yet?

[vvviperrr]

nope, only compile issues fixed. libusb is not fully supported on windows, thats the main problem. still working on it.

[Zero3K]

Try the version of libusb located at http://libusb.info/.

[Zero3K]

Will it work or not?

[vvviperrr]

i already use this version. in short - windows version of simplert need to be heavy rewritten. now im trying to reduce this work.

[Zero3K]

How much longer will it take?

[vvviperrr]

windows version release? don't have any schedule, as windows is not my primary area of interests. maybe 2-3 months, maybe more.

[Zero3K]

Unless someone decides to help you with making a port for it.

[casper]

Here's another vote for a Windows version.

I just went through 5 different reverse tethering apps and none of them are simple nor work properly without root access. The closest solution for Windows was using OpenVPN, but it's an extremely complex setup, and it still doesn't work very well. This one seems to be the best one so far. Just needs some Windows love.

Did you consider running under Cygwin? Perhaps using that would make the whole setup easier to port.

[casper]

@Biswa96 It was a while ago I did it, but I think it this is the tutorial I was using for that:
http://salutepc.altervista.org/usb-reverse-tethering-no-root-no-adb-android-all-versions-windows-10.html

[robinpaulson]

I'm going to close this issue, other than "it runs on Windows", I don't think there's any particular thing we can borrow from gnirehtet. There is a Windows client issue open at #50 .